Jump To Close Expand all Collapse all Table of contents Administration Guide I. Administering and Maintaining the Red Hat Virtualization Environment Expand section "I. Administering and Maintaining the Red Hat Virtualization Environment" Collapse section "I. Administering and Maintaining the Red Hat Virtualization Environment" 1. Global Configuration Expand section "1. Global Configuration" Collapse section "1. Global Configuration" 1.1. Roles Expand section "1.1. Roles" Collapse section "1.1. Roles" 1.1.1. Creating a New Role 1.1.2. Editing or Copying a Role 1.1.3. User Role and Authorization Examples 1.2. System Permissions Expand section "1.2. System Permissions" Collapse section "1.2. System Permissions" 1.2.1. User Properties 1.2.2. User and Administrator Roles 1.2.3. User Roles Explained 1.2.4. Administrator Roles Explained 1.2.5. Assigning an Administrator or User Role to a Resource 1.2.6. Removing an Administrator or User Role from a Resource 1.2.7. Managing System Permissions for a Data Center 1.2.8. Data Center Administrator Roles Explained 1.2.9. Managing System Permissions for a Cluster 1.2.10. Cluster Administrator Roles Explained 1.2.11. Managing System Permissions for a Network 1.2.12. Network Administrator and User Roles Explained 1.2.13. Managing System Permissions for a Host 1.2.14. Host Administrator Roles Explained 1.2.15. Managing System Permissions for a Storage Domain 1.2.16. Storage Administrator Roles Explained 1.2.17. Managing System Permissions for a Virtual Machine Pool 1.2.18. Virtual Machine Pool Administrator Roles Explained 1.2.19. Managing System Permissions for a Virtual Disk 1.2.20. Virtual Disk User Roles Explained 1.2.21. Setting a Legacy SPICE Cipher 1.3. Scheduling Policies Expand section "1.3. Scheduling Policies" Collapse section "1.3. Scheduling Policies" 1.3.1. Creating a Scheduling Policy 1.3.2. Explanation of Settings in the New Scheduling Policy and Edit Scheduling Policy Window 1.4. Instance Types Expand section "1.4. Instance Types" Collapse section "1.4. Instance Types" 1.4.1. Creating Instance Types 1.4.2. Editing Instance Types 1.4.3. Removing Instance Types 1.5. MAC Address Pools Expand section "1.5. MAC Address Pools" Collapse section "1.5. MAC Address Pools" 1.5.1. Creating MAC Address Pools 1.5.2. Editing MAC Address Pools 1.5.3. Editing MAC Address Pool Permissions 1.5.4. Removing MAC Address Pools 2. Dashboard Expand section "2. Dashboard" Collapse section "2. Dashboard" 2.1. Prerequisites 2.2. Global Inventory 2.3. Global Utilization Expand section "2.3. Global Utilization" Collapse section "2.3. Global Utilization" 2.3.1. Top Utilized Resources 2.4. Cluster Utilization Expand section "2.4. Cluster Utilization" Collapse section "2.4. Cluster Utilization" 2.4.1. CPU 2.4.2. Memory 2.5. Storage Utilization 3. Searches Expand section "3. Searches" Collapse section "3. Searches" 3.1. Performing Searches in Red Hat Virtualization 3.2. Search Syntax and Examples 3.3. Search Auto-Completion 3.4. Search Result Type Options 3.5. Search Criteria 3.6. Search: Multiple Criteria and Wildcards 3.7. Search: Determining Search Order 3.8. Searching for Data Centers 3.9. Searching for Clusters 3.10. Searching for Hosts 3.11. Searching for Networks 3.12. Searching for Storage 3.13. Searching for Disks 3.14. Searching for Volumes 3.15. Searching for Virtual Machines 3.16. Searching for Pools 3.17. Searching for Templates 3.18. Searching for Users 3.19. Searching for Events 4. Bookmarks Expand section "4. Bookmarks" Collapse section "4. Bookmarks" 4.1. Saving a Query String as a Bookmark 4.2. Editing a Bookmark 4.3. Deleting a Bookmark 5. Tags Expand section "5. Tags" Collapse section "5. Tags" 5.1. Using Tags to Customize Interactions with Red Hat Virtualization 5.2. Creating a Tag 5.3. Modifying a Tag 5.4. Deleting a Tag 5.5. Adding and Removing Tags to and from Objects 5.6. Searching for Objects Using Tags 5.7. Customizing Hosts with Tags II. Administering the Resources Expand section "II. Administering the Resources" Collapse section "II. Administering the Resources" 6. Quality of Service Expand section "6. Quality of Service" Collapse section "6. Quality of Service" 6.1. Storage Quality of Service Expand section "6.1. Storage Quality of Service" Collapse section "6.1. Storage Quality of Service" 6.1.1. Creating a Storage Quality of Service Entry 6.1.2. Removing a Storage Quality of Service Entry 6.2. Virtual Machine Network Quality of Service Expand section "6.2. Virtual Machine Network Quality of Service" Collapse section "6.2. Virtual Machine Network Quality of Service" 6.2.1. Creating a Virtual Machine Network Quality of Service Entry 6.2.2. Settings in the New Virtual Machine Network QoS and Edit Virtual Machine Network QoS Windows Explained 6.2.3. Removing a Virtual Machine Network Quality of Service Entry 6.3. Host Network Quality of Service Expand section "6.3. Host Network Quality of Service" Collapse section "6.3. Host Network Quality of Service" 6.3.1. Creating a Host Network Quality of Service Entry 6.3.2. Settings in the New Host Network Quality of Service and Edit Host Network Quality of Service Windows Explained 6.3.3. Removing a Host Network Quality of Service Entry 6.4. CPU Quality of Service Expand section "6.4. CPU Quality of Service" Collapse section "6.4. CPU Quality of Service" 6.4.1. Creating a CPU Quality of Service Entry 6.4.2. Removing a CPU Quality of Service Entry 7. Data Centers Expand section "7. Data Centers" Collapse section "7. Data Centers" 7.1. Introduction to Data Centers 7.2. The Storage Pool Manager 7.3. SPM Priority 7.4. Data Center Tasks Expand section "7.4. Data Center Tasks" Collapse section "7.4. Data Center Tasks" 7.4.1. Creating a New Data Center 7.4.2. Explanation of Settings in the New Data Center and Edit Data Center Windows 7.4.3. Re-Initializing a Data Center: Recovery Procedure 7.4.4. Removing a Data Center 7.4.5. Force Removing a Data Center 7.4.6. Changing the Data Center Storage Type 7.4.7. Changing the Data Center Compatibility Version 7.5. Data Centers and Storage Domains Expand section "7.5. Data Centers and Storage Domains" Collapse section "7.5. Data Centers and Storage Domains" 7.5.1. Attaching an Existing Data Domain to a Data Center 7.5.2. Attaching an Existing ISO domain to a Data Center 7.5.3. Attaching an Existing Export Domain to a Data Center 7.5.4. Detaching a Storage Domain from a Data Center 8. Clusters Expand section "8. Clusters" Collapse section "8. Clusters" 8.1. Introduction to Clusters 8.2. Cluster Tasks Expand section "8.2. Cluster Tasks" Collapse section "8.2. Cluster Tasks" 8.2.1. Creating a New Cluster 8.2.2. General Cluster Settings Explained 8.2.3. Optimization Settings Explained 8.2.4. Migration Policy Settings Explained 8.2.5. Scheduling Policy Settings Explained 8.2.6. Cluster Console Settings Explained 8.2.7. Fencing Policy Settings Explained 8.2.8. Setting Load and Power Management Policies for Hosts in a Cluster 8.2.9. Updating the MoM Policy on Hosts in a Cluster 8.2.10. Creating a CPU Profile 8.2.11. Removing a CPU Profile 8.2.12. Importing an Existing Red Hat Gluster Storage Cluster 8.2.13. Explanation of Settings in the Add Hosts Window 8.2.14. Removing a Cluster 8.2.15. Memory Optimization Expand section "8.2.15. Memory Optimization" Collapse section "8.2.15. Memory Optimization" 8.2.15.1. Memory Optimization and Memory Overcommitment 8.2.15.2. Swap Space and Memory Overcommitment 8.2.15.3. The Memory Overcommit Manager (MoM) 8.2.15.4. Memory Ballooning 8.2.15.5. Kernel Same-page Merging (KSM) 8.2.16. Changing the Cluster Compatibility Version 9. Logical Networks Expand section "9. Logical Networks" Collapse section "9. Logical Networks" 9.1. Logical Network Tasks Expand section "9.1. Logical Network Tasks" Collapse section "9.1. Logical Network Tasks" 9.1.1. Performing Networking Tasks 9.1.2. Creating a New Logical Network in a Data Center or Cluster 9.1.3. Editing a Logical Network 9.1.4. Removing a Logical Network 9.1.5. Configuring a Non-Management Logical Network as the Default Route 9.1.6. Viewing or Editing the Gateway for a Logical Network 9.1.7. Logical Network General Settings Explained 9.1.8. Logical Network Cluster Settings Explained 9.1.9. Logical Network vNIC Profiles Settings Explained 9.1.10. Designate a Specific Traffic Type for a Logical Network with the Manage Networks Window 9.1.11. Explanation of Settings in the Manage Networks Window 9.1.12. Editing the Virtual Function Configuration on a NIC 9.2. Virtual Network Interface Cards Expand section "9.2. Virtual Network Interface Cards" Collapse section "9.2. Virtual Network Interface Cards" 9.2.1. vNIC Profile Overview 9.2.2. Creating or Editing a vNIC Profile 9.2.3. Explanation of Settings in the VM Interface Profile Window 9.2.4. Enabling Passthrough on a vNIC Profile 9.2.5. Removing a vNIC Profile 9.2.6. Assigning Security Groups to vNIC Profiles 9.2.7. User Permissions for vNIC Profiles 9.2.8. Configuring vNIC Profiles for UCS Integration 9.3. External Provider Networks Expand section "9.3. External Provider Networks" Collapse section "9.3. External Provider Networks" 9.3.1. Importing Networks From External Providers 9.3.2. Limitations to Using External Provider Networks 9.3.3. Configuring Subnets on External Provider Logical Networks 9.3.4. Adding Subnets to External Provider Logical Networks 9.3.5. Removing Subnets from External Provider Logical Networks 9.3.6. Assigning Security Groups to Logical Networks and Ports 9.4. Hosts and Networking Expand section "9.4. Hosts and Networking" Collapse section "9.4. Hosts and Networking" 9.4.1. Refreshing Host Capabilities 9.4.2. Editing Host Network Interfaces and Assigning Logical Networks to Hosts 9.4.3. Synchronizing Host Networks 9.4.4. Editing a Host’s VLAN Settings 9.4.5. Adding Multiple VLANs to a Single Network Interface Using Logical Networks 9.4.6. Assigning Additional IPv4 Addresses to a Host Network 9.4.7. Adding Network Labels to Host Network Interfaces 9.4.8. Changing the FQDN of a Host 9.4.9. IPv6 Networking Support 9.4.10. Setting Up and Configuring SR-IOV Expand section "9.4.10. Setting Up and Configuring SR-IOV" Collapse section "9.4.10. Setting Up and Configuring SR-IOV" 9.4.10.1. Prerequisites 9.4.10.2. Set Up and Configure SR-IOV 9.4.10.3. Additional Resources 9.5. Network Bonding Expand section "9.5. Network Bonding" Collapse section "9.5. Network Bonding" 9.5.1. Creating a Bond Device in the Administration Portal 9.5.2. Creating a Bond Device with the LLDP Labeler Service 9.5.3. Bonding Modes 9.6. Analyzing and Monitoring Network Connectivity Expand section "9.6. Analyzing and Monitoring Network Connectivity" Collapse section "9.6. Analyzing and Monitoring Network Connectivity" 9.6.1. Introducing Skydive 9.6.2. Installing Skydive 9.6.3. Using Skydive to Test Network Connection 10. Hosts Expand section "10. Hosts" Collapse section "10. Hosts" 10.1. Introduction to Hosts 10.2. Red Hat Virtualization Host 10.3. Red Hat Enterprise Linux hosts 10.4. Satellite Host Provider Hosts 10.5. Host Tasks Expand section "10.5. Host Tasks" Collapse section "10.5. Host Tasks" 10.5.1. Adding Standard Hosts to the Red Hat Virtualization Manager 10.5.2. Adding a Satellite Host Provider Host 10.5.3. Configuring Satellite Errata Management for a Host 10.5.4. Explanation of Settings and Controls in the New Host and Edit Host Windows 10.5.5. Host General Settings Explained 10.5.6. Host Power Management Settings Explained 10.5.7. SPM Priority Settings Explained 10.5.8. Host Console Settings Explained 10.5.9. Network Provider Settings Explained 10.5.10. Kernel Settings Explained 10.5.11. Hosted Engine Settings Explained 10.5.12. Configuring Host Power Management Settings 10.5.13. Configuring Host Storage Pool Manager Settings 10.5.14. Configuring a Host for PCI Passthrough 10.5.15. Moving a Host to Maintenance Mode 10.5.16. Activating a Host from Maintenance Mode 10.5.17. Configuring Host Firewall Rules 10.5.18. Removing a Host 10.5.19. Updating Hosts Between Minor Releases Expand section "10.5.19. Updating Hosts Between Minor Releases" Collapse section "10.5.19. Updating Hosts Between Minor Releases" 10.5.19.1. Updating All Hosts in a Cluster 10.5.19.2. Updating Individual Hosts 10.5.19.3. Manually Updating Hosts 10.5.20. Reinstalling Hosts 10.5.21. Viewing Host Errata 10.5.22. Viewing the Health Status of a Host 10.5.23. Viewing Host Devices 10.5.24. Accessing Cockpit from the Administration Portal 10.5.25. Setting a Legacy SPICE Cipher 10.6. Host Resilience Expand section "10.6. Host Resilience" Collapse section "10.6. Host Resilience" 10.6.1. Host High Availability 10.6.2. Power Management by Proxy in Red Hat Virtualization 10.6.3. Setting Fencing Parameters on a Host 10.6.4. fence_kdump Advanced Configuration Expand section "10.6.4. fence_kdump Advanced Configuration" Collapse section "10.6.4. fence_kdump Advanced Configuration" 10.6.4.1. fence_kdump listener Configuration 10.6.4.2. Configuring fence_kdump on the Manager 10.6.5. Soft-Fencing Hosts 10.6.6. Using Host Power Management Functions 10.6.7. Manually Fencing or Isolating a Non-Responsive Host 11. Storage Expand section "11. Storage" Collapse section "11. Storage" 11.1. Understanding Storage Domains 11.2. Preparing and Adding NFS Storage Expand section "11.2. Preparing and Adding NFS Storage" Collapse section "11.2. Preparing and Adding NFS Storage" 11.2.1. Preparing NFS Storage 11.2.2. Adding NFS Storage 11.2.3. Increasing NFS Storage 11.3. Preparing and Adding Local Storage Expand section "11.3. Preparing and Adding Local Storage" Collapse section "11.3. Preparing and Adding Local Storage" 11.3.1. Preparing Local Storage 11.3.2. Adding Local Storage 11.4. Preparing and Adding POSIX-compliant File System Storage Expand section "11.4. Preparing and Adding POSIX-compliant File System Storage" Collapse section "11.4. Preparing and Adding POSIX-compliant File System Storage" 11.4.1. Preparing POSIX-compliant File System Storage 11.4.2. Adding POSIX-compliant File System Storage 11.5. Preparing and Adding Block Storage Expand section "11.5. Preparing and Adding Block Storage" Collapse section "11.5. Preparing and Adding Block Storage" 11.5.1. Preparing iSCSI Storage 11.5.2. Adding iSCSI Storage 11.5.3. Configuring iSCSI Multipathing 11.5.4. Migrating a Logical Network to an iSCSI Bond 11.5.5. Preparing FCP Storage 11.5.6. Adding FCP Storage 11.5.7. Increasing iSCSI or FCP Storage 11.5.8. Reusing LUNs 11.6. Preparing and Adding Red Hat Gluster Storage Expand section "11.6. Preparing and Adding Red Hat Gluster Storage" Collapse section "11.6. Preparing and Adding Red Hat Gluster Storage" 11.6.1. Preparing Red Hat Gluster Storage 11.6.2. Adding Red Hat Gluster Storage 11.7. Importing Existing Storage Domains Expand section "11.7. Importing Existing Storage Domains" Collapse section "11.7. Importing Existing Storage Domains" 11.7.1. Overview of Importing Existing Storage Domains 11.7.2. Importing storage domains 11.7.3. Migrating Storage Domains between Data Centers in the Same Environment 11.7.4. Migrating Storage Domains between Data Centers in Different Environments 11.7.5. Importing Virtual Machines from Imported Data Storage Domains 11.7.6. Importing Templates from Imported Data Storage Domains 11.8. Storage Tasks Expand section "11.8. Storage Tasks" Collapse section "11.8. Storage Tasks" 11.8.1. Uploading Images to a Data Storage Domain 11.8.2. Moving Storage Domains to Maintenance Mode 11.8.3. Editing Storage Domains 11.8.4. Updating OVFs 11.8.5. Activating Storage Domains from Maintenance Mode 11.8.6. Detaching a Storage Domain from a Data Center 11.8.7. Attaching a Storage Domain to a Data Center 11.8.8. Removing a Storage Domain 11.8.9. Destroying a Storage Domain 11.8.10. Creating a Disk Profile 11.8.11. Removing a Disk Profile 11.8.12. Viewing the Health Status of a Storage Domain 11.8.13. Setting Discard After Delete for a Storage Domain 11.8.14. Enabling 4K support on environments with more than 250 hosts 11.8.15. Disabling 4K support 12. Pools Expand section "12. Pools" Collapse section "12. Pools" 12.1. Introduction to Virtual Machine Pools 12.2. Creating a Virtual Machine Pool 12.3. Explanation of Settings and Controls in the New Pool and Edit Pool Windows Expand section "12.3. Explanation of Settings and Controls in the New Pool and Edit Pool Windows" Collapse section "12.3. Explanation of Settings and Controls in the New Pool and Edit Pool Windows" 12.3.1. New Pool and Edit Pool General Settings Explained 12.3.2. New Pool and Edit Pool Type Settings Explained 12.3.3. New Pool and Edit Pool Console Settings Explained 12.3.4. Virtual Machine Pool Host Settings Explained 12.3.5. New Pool and Edit Pool Resource Allocation Settings Explained 12.4. Editing a Virtual Machine Pool 12.5. Prestarting Virtual Machines in a Pool 12.6. Adding Virtual Machines to a Virtual Machine Pool 12.7. Detaching Virtual Machines from a Virtual Machine Pool 12.8. Removing a Virtual Machine Pool 12.9. Trusted Compute Pools Expand section "12.9. Trusted Compute Pools" Collapse section "12.9. Trusted Compute Pools" 12.9.1. Connecting an OpenAttestation Server to the Manager 12.9.2. Creating a Trusted Cluster 12.9.3. Adding a Trusted Host 13. Virtual Disks Expand section "13. Virtual Disks" Collapse section "13. Virtual Disks" 13.1. Understanding Virtual Machine Storage 13.2. Understanding Virtual Disks 13.3. Settings to Wipe Virtual Disks After Deletion 13.4. Shareable Disks in Red Hat Virtualization 13.5. Read Only Disks in Red Hat Virtualization 13.6. Virtual Disk Tasks Expand section "13.6. Virtual Disk Tasks" Collapse section "13.6. Virtual Disk Tasks" 13.6.1. Creating a Virtual Disk 13.6.2. Explanation of Settings in the New Virtual Disk Window 13.6.3. Overview of Live Storage Migration 13.6.4. Moving a Virtual Disk 13.6.5. Changing the Disk Interface Type 13.6.6. Copying a Virtual Disk 13.6.7. Uploading Images to a Data Storage Domain 13.6.8. Importing a Disk Image from an Imported Storage Domain 13.6.9. Importing an Unregistered Disk Image from an Imported Storage Domain 13.6.10. Importing a Virtual Disk from an OpenStack Image Service 13.6.11. Exporting a Virtual Disk to an OpenStack Image Service 13.6.12. Reclaiming Virtual Disk Space 14. External Providers Expand section "14. External Providers" Collapse section "14. External Providers" 14.1. Introduction to External Providers in Red Hat Virtualization 14.2. Adding External Providers Expand section "14.2. Adding External Providers" Collapse section "14.2. Adding External Providers" 14.2.1. Adding a Red Hat Satellite Instance for Host Provisioning 14.2.2. Adding an OpenStack Image (Glance) Instance for Image Management 14.2.3. Adding an OpenStack Networking (Neutron) Instance for Network Provisioning 14.2.4. Adding an OpenStack Block Storage (Cinder) Instance for Storage Management 14.2.5. Adding a VMware Instance as a Virtual Machine Provider 14.2.6. Adding a RHEL 5 Xen Host as a Virtual Machine Provider 14.2.7. Adding a KVM Host as a Virtual Machine Provider 14.2.8. Adding Open Virtual Network (OVN) as an External Network Provider Expand section "14.2.8. Adding Open Virtual Network (OVN) as an External Network Provider" Collapse section "14.2.8. Adding Open Virtual Network (OVN) as an External Network Provider" 14.2.8.1. Installing a New OVN Network Provider 14.2.8.2. Adding an Existing OVN Network Provider 14.2.8.3. Using an Ansible playbook to modify an OVN tunnel network 14.2.8.4. Configuring Hosts for an OVN Tunnel Network 14.2.8.5. Connecting an OVN Network to a Physical Network 14.2.9. Adding an External Network Provider 14.2.10. Add Provider General Settings Explained 14.2.11. Add Provider Agent Configuration Settings Explained 14.3. Editing an External Provider 14.4. Removing an External Provider III. Administering the Environment Expand section "III. Administering the Environment" Collapse section "III. Administering the Environment" 15. Administering the Self-Hosted Engine Expand section "15. Administering the Self-Hosted Engine" Collapse section "15. Administering the Self-Hosted Engine" 15.1. Maintaining the Self-Hosted Engine 15.2. Administering the Manager Virtual Machine Expand section "15.2. Administering the Manager Virtual Machine" Collapse section "15.2. Administering the Manager Virtual Machine" 15.2.1. Updating the Self-Hosted Engine Configuration 15.2.2. Configuring Email Notifications 15.3. Configuring Memory Slots Reserved for the Self-Hosted Engine on Additional Hosts 15.4. Adding Self-Hosted Engine Nodes to the Red Hat Virtualization Manager 15.5. Reinstalling an Existing Host as a Self-Hosted Engine Node 15.6. Booting the Manager Virtual Machine in Rescue Mode 15.7. Removing a Host from a Self-Hosted Engine Environment 15.8. Updating a Self-Hosted Engine 15.9. Changing the FQDN of the Manager in a Self-Hosted Engine 16. Backups and Migration Expand section "16. Backups and Migration" Collapse section "16. Backups and Migration" 16.1. Backing Up and Restoring the Red Hat Virtualization Manager Expand section "16.1. Backing Up and Restoring the Red Hat Virtualization Manager" Collapse section "16.1. Backing Up and Restoring the Red Hat Virtualization Manager" 16.1.1. Backing up Red Hat Virtualization Manager - Overview 16.1.2. Syntax for the engine-backup Command 16.1.3. Creating a Backup with the engine-backup Command 16.1.4. Restoring a Backup with the engine-backup Command 16.1.5. Restoring a Backup to a Fresh Installation 16.1.6. Restoring a Backup to Overwrite an Existing Installation 16.1.7. Restoring a Backup with Different Credentials 16.1.8. Backing up and Restoring a Self-Hosted Engine Expand section "16.1.8. Backing up and Restoring a Self-Hosted Engine" Collapse section "16.1.8. Backing up and Restoring a Self-Hosted Engine" 16.1.8.1. Backing up the Original Manager 16.1.8.2. Restoring the Backup on a New Self-Hosted Engine 16.1.8.3. Enabling the Red Hat Virtualization Manager Repositories 16.1.8.4. Reinstalling Hosts 16.1.8.5. Removing a Storage Domain 16.1.9. Recovering a Self-Hosted Engine from an Existing Backup Expand section "16.1.9. Recovering a Self-Hosted Engine from an Existing Backup" Collapse section "16.1.9. Recovering a Self-Hosted Engine from an Existing Backup" 16.1.9.1. Restoring the Backup on a New Self-Hosted Engine 16.1.9.2. Enabling the Red Hat Virtualization Manager Repositories 16.1.9.3. Reinstalling Hosts 16.1.9.4. Removing a Storage Domain 16.1.10. Overwriting a Self-Hosted Engine from an Existing Backup Expand section "16.1.10. Overwriting a Self-Hosted Engine from an Existing Backup" Collapse section "16.1.10. Overwriting a Self-Hosted Engine from an Existing Backup" 16.1.10.1. Enabling Global Maintenance Mode 16.1.10.2. Restoring a Backup to Overwrite an Existing Installation 16.1.10.3. Disabling Global Maintenance Mode 16.2. Migrating Red Hat Virtualization Databases to Remote Servers Expand section "16.2. Migrating Red Hat Virtualization Databases to Remote Servers" Collapse section "16.2. Migrating Red Hat Virtualization Databases to Remote Servers" 16.2.1. Migrating the Manager Database to a Remote Server Expand section "16.2.1. Migrating the Manager Database to a Remote Server" Collapse section "16.2.1. Migrating the Manager Database to a Remote Server" 16.2.1.1. Enabling the Red Hat Virtualization Manager Repositories 16.2.2. Migrating the Self-Hosted Engine Database to a Remote Server 16.2.3. Migrating Data Warehouse to a Separate Machine Expand section "16.2.3. Migrating Data Warehouse to a Separate Machine" Collapse section "16.2.3. Migrating Data Warehouse to a Separate Machine" 16.2.3.1. Migrating the Data Warehouse Database to a Separate Machine 16.2.3.2. Migrating the Data Warehouse Service to a Separate Machine Expand section "16.2.3.2. Migrating the Data Warehouse Service to a Separate Machine" Collapse section "16.2.3.2. Migrating the Data Warehouse Service to a Separate Machine" 16.2.3.2.1. Setting up the New Data Warehouse Machine 16.2.3.2.2. Stopping the Data Warehouse Service on the Manager Machine 16.2.3.2.3. Configuring the New Data Warehouse Machine 16.2.3.2.4. Disabling the Data Warehouse Service on the Manager Machine 16.3. Backing Up and Restoring Virtual Machines Using a Backup Storage Domain Expand section "16.3. Backing Up and Restoring Virtual Machines Using a Backup Storage Domain" Collapse section "16.3. Backing Up and Restoring Virtual Machines Using a Backup Storage Domain" 16.3.1. Backup storage domains explained 16.3.2. Setting a data storage domain to be a backup domain 16.3.3. Backing up or Restoring a Virtual Machine or Snapshot Using a Backup Domain 16.4. Backing Up and Restoring Virtual Machines Using the Backup and Restore API Expand section "16.4. Backing Up and Restoring Virtual Machines Using the Backup and Restore API" Collapse section "16.4. Backing Up and Restoring Virtual Machines Using the Backup and Restore API" 16.4.1. The Backup and Restore API 16.4.2. Backing Up a Virtual Machine 16.4.3. Restoring a Virtual Machine 17. Errata Management with Red Hat Satellite 18. Automating Configuration Tasks using Ansible Expand section "18. Automating Configuration Tasks using Ansible" Collapse section "18. Automating Configuration Tasks using Ansible" 18.1. Ansible Roles Expand section "18.1. Ansible Roles" Collapse section "18.1. Ansible Roles" 18.1.1. Installing Ansible Roles 18.1.2. Using Ansible Roles to Configure Red Hat Virtualization 19. Users and Roles Expand section "19. Users and Roles" Collapse section "19. Users and Roles" 19.1. Introduction to Users 19.2. Introduction to Directory Servers 19.3. Configuring an External LDAP Provider Expand section "19.3. Configuring an External LDAP Provider" Collapse section "19.3. Configuring an External LDAP Provider" 19.3.1. Configuring an External LDAP Provider (Interactive Setup) 19.3.2. Attaching an Active Directory 19.3.3. Configuring an External LDAP Provider (Manual Method) 19.3.4. Removing an External LDAP Provider 19.4. Configuring LDAP and Kerberos for Single Sign-on 19.5. Installing and Configuring Red Hat Single Sign-On Expand section "19.5. Installing and Configuring Red Hat Single Sign-On" Collapse section "19.5. Installing and Configuring Red Hat Single Sign-On" 19.5.1. Installing Red Hat Single Sign-On 19.5.2. Configuring the LDAP group mapper 19.5.3. Configuring Apache in the Manager 19.5.4. Configuring OVN 19.6. User Authorization Expand section "19.6. User Authorization" Collapse section "19.6. User Authorization" 19.6.1. User Authorization Model 19.6.2. User Actions 19.7. Administering User Tasks From the Administration Portal Expand section "19.7. Administering User Tasks From the Administration Portal" Collapse section "19.7. Administering User Tasks From the Administration Portal" 19.7.1. Adding Users and Assigning VM Portal Permissions 19.7.2. Viewing User Information 19.7.3. Viewing User Permissions on Resources 19.7.4. Removing Users 19.7.5. Viewing Logged-In Users 19.7.6. Terminating a User Session 19.8. Administering User Tasks From the Command Line Expand section "19.8. Administering User Tasks From the Command Line" Collapse section "19.8. Administering User Tasks From the Command Line" 19.8.1. Creating a New User 19.8.2. Setting a User Password 19.8.3. Setting User Timeout 19.8.4. Pre-encrypting a User Password 19.8.5. Viewing User Information 19.8.6. Editing User Information 19.8.7. Removing a User 19.8.8. Disabling the Internal Administrative User 19.8.9. Managing Groups 19.8.10. Querying Users and Groups 19.8.11. Managing Account Settings 19.9. Configuring Additional Local Domains 20. Quotas and Service Level Agreement Policy Expand section "20. Quotas and Service Level Agreement Policy" Collapse section "20. Quotas and Service Level Agreement Policy" 20.1. Introduction to Quota 20.2. Shared Quota and Individually Defined Quota 20.3. Quota Accounting 20.4. Enabling and Changing a Quota Mode in a Data Center 20.5. Creating a New Quota Policy 20.6. Explanation of Quota Threshold Settings 20.7. Assigning a Quota to an Object 20.8. Using Quota to Limit Resources by User 20.9. Editing Quotas 20.10. Removing Quotas 20.11. Service Level Agreement Policy Enforcement 21. Event Notifications Expand section "21. Event Notifications" Collapse section "21. Event Notifications" 21.1. Configuring Event Notifications in the Administration Portal 21.2. Canceling Event Notifications in the Administration Portal 21.3. Parameters for Event Notifications in ovirt-engine-notifier.conf 21.4. Configuring the Red Hat Virtualization Manager to Send SNMP Traps 22. Utilities Expand section "22. Utilities" Collapse section "22. Utilities" 22.1. The oVirt Engine Rename Tool Expand section "22.1. The oVirt Engine Rename Tool" Collapse section "22.1. The oVirt Engine Rename Tool" 22.1.1. The oVirt Engine Rename Tool 22.1.2. Syntax for the oVirt Engine Rename Command 22.1.3. Renaming the Manager with the oVirt Engine Rename Tool 22.2. The Engine Configuration Tool Expand section "22.2. The Engine Configuration Tool" Collapse section "22.2. The Engine Configuration Tool" 22.2.1. The Engine Configuration Tool 22.2.2. Syntax for the engine-config Command 22.3. The USB Filter Editor Expand section "22.3. The USB Filter Editor" Collapse section "22.3. The USB Filter Editor" 22.3.1. Installing the USB Filter Editor 22.3.2. The USB Filter Editor Interface 22.3.3. Adding a USB Policy 22.3.4. Removing a USB Policy 22.3.5. Searching for USB Device Policies 22.3.6. Exporting a USB Policy 22.3.7. Importing a USB Policy 22.4. The Log Collector Tool Expand section "22.4. The Log Collector Tool" Collapse section "22.4. The Log Collector Tool" 22.4.1. Log Collector 22.4.2. Syntax for the ovirt-log-collector Command 22.4.3. Basic Log Collector Usage 22.5. The ISO Uploader Tool Expand section "22.5. The ISO Uploader Tool" Collapse section "22.5. The ISO Uploader Tool" 22.5.1. The ISO Uploader Tool 22.5.2. Syntax for the engine-iso-uploader Command 22.5.3. Specifying an NFS Server 22.5.4. Basic ISO Uploader Usage 22.5.5. Uploading the VirtIO and Guest Tool Image Files to an ISO Storage Domain 22.6. The Engine Vacuum Tool Expand section "22.6. The Engine Vacuum Tool" Collapse section "22.6. The Engine Vacuum Tool" 22.6.1. The Engine Vacuum Tool 22.6.2. Engine Vacuum Modes 22.6.3. Syntax for the engine-vacuum Command 22.7. The VDSM to Network Name Mapping Tool Expand section "22.7. The VDSM to Network Name Mapping Tool" Collapse section "22.7. The VDSM to Network Name Mapping Tool" 22.7.1. Mapping VDSM Names to Logical Network Names IV. Gathering Information About the Environment Expand section "IV. Gathering Information About the Environment" Collapse section "IV. Gathering Information About the Environment" 23. Deploying Insights in Red Hat Virtualization Manager 24. Log Files Expand section "24. Log Files" Collapse section "24. Log Files" 24.1. Manager Installation Log Files 24.2. Red Hat Virtualization Manager Log Files 24.3. SPICE Log Files Expand section "24.3. SPICE Log Files" Collapse section "24.3. SPICE Log Files" 24.3.1. SPICE Logs for Hypervisor SPICE Servers 24.3.2. SPICE Logs for Guest Machines 24.3.3. SPICE Logs for SPICE Clients Launched Using console.vv Files 24.4. Host Log Files 24.5. Setting Up a Host Logging Server 24.6. Enabling the oVirt Engine Extension Logger log4j A. VDSM and Hooks Expand section "A. VDSM and Hooks" Collapse section "A. VDSM and Hooks" A.1. VDSM A.2. VDSM Hooks A.3. Extending VDSM with Hooks A.4. Supported VDSM Events A.5. The VDSM Hook Environment A.6. The VDSM Hook Domain XML Object A.7. Defining Custom Properties A.8. Setting Virtual Machine Custom Properties A.9. Evaluating Virtual Machine Custom Properties in a VDSM Hook A.10. Using the VDSM Hooking Module A.11. VDSM Hook Execution A.12. VDSM Hook Return Codes A.13. VDSM Hook Examples B. Custom Network Properties Expand section "B. Custom Network Properties" Collapse section "B. Custom Network Properties" B.1. Explanation of bridge_opts Parameters B.2. How to Set Up Red Hat Virtualization Manager to Use Ethtool B.3. How to Set Up Red Hat Virtualization Manager to Use FCoE C. Red Hat Virtualization User Interface Plugins Expand section "C. Red Hat Virtualization User Interface Plugins" Collapse section "C. Red Hat Virtualization User Interface Plugins" C.1. Red Hat Virtualization User Interface Plug-ins C.2. Red Hat Virtualization User Interface Plugin Lifecycle Expand section "C.2. Red Hat Virtualization User Interface Plugin Lifecycle" Collapse section "C.2. Red Hat Virtualization User Interface Plugin Lifecycle" C.2.1. Red Hat Virtualization User Interface Plug-in Life cycle C.2.2. Red Hat Virtualization User Interface Plug-in Discovery C.2.3. Red Hat Virtualization User Interface Plug-in Loading C.2.4. Red Hat Virtualization User Interface Plug-in Bootstrapping C.3. User Interface Plugin-related Files and Their Locations C.4. Example User Interface Plug-in Deployment D. Red Hat Virtualization and Encrypted Communication Expand section "D. Red Hat Virtualization and Encrypted Communication" Collapse section "D. Red Hat Virtualization and Encrypted Communication" D.1. Replacing the Red Hat Virtualization Manager CA Certificate D.2. Setting Up Encrypted Communication between the Manager and an LDAP Server D.3. Manually Setting Up Encrypted Communication for VDSM E. Proxies Expand section "E. Proxies" Collapse section "E. Proxies" E.1. SPICE Proxy Expand section "E.1. SPICE Proxy" Collapse section "E.1. SPICE Proxy" E.1.1. SPICE Proxy Overview E.1.2. SPICE Proxy Machine Setup E.1.3. Turning On a SPICE Proxy E.1.4. Turning Off a SPICE Proxy E.2. Squid Proxy Expand section "E.2. Squid Proxy" Collapse section "E.2. Squid Proxy" E.2.1. Installing and Configuring a Squid Proxy E.3. Websocket Proxy Expand section "E.3. Websocket Proxy" Collapse section "E.3. Websocket Proxy" E.3.1. Websocket Proxy Overview E.3.2. Migrating the Websocket Proxy to a Separate Machine F. Branding Expand section "F. Branding" Collapse section "F. Branding" F.1. Branding Expand section "F.1. Branding" Collapse section "F.1. Branding" F.1.1. Re-Branding the Manager F.1.2. Login Screen F.1.3. Administration Portal Screen F.1.4. VM Portal Screen F.1.5. Pop-Up Windows F.1.6. Tabs F.1.7. The Welcome Page F.1.8. The Page Not Found Page G. System Accounts Expand section "G. System Accounts" Collapse section "G. System Accounts" G.1. System Accounts Expand section "G.1. System Accounts" Collapse section "G.1. System Accounts" G.1.1. Red Hat Virtualization Manager User Accounts G.1.2. Red Hat Virtualization Manager Groups G.1.3. Virtualization Host User Accounts G.1.4. Virtualization Host Groups Settings Close Language: 简体中文 한국어 日本語 English Language: 简体中文 한국어 日本語 English Format: Multi-page Single-page PDF Format: Multi-page Single-page PDF Language and Page Formatting Options Language: 简体中文 한국어 日本語 English Language: 简体中文 한국어 日本語 English Format: Multi-page Single-page PDF Format: Multi-page Single-page PDF Part IV. Gathering Information About the Environment Previous Next